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Factotum
Hey do you need some TASKS done for free? Do you want to participate in fancy pomo art? My old roommate, the brilliant performance artist Erin McMonagle, is (dangerously in my opinion) offering her...
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Valentine
Hey, did you know that I once wrote a whole book about Valentine's Day? Probably not because despite the link to your left I still haven't added any of my books to this site. (I know that's the whole...
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"The Book Club Process"
I don't much care about the Scholastic Book Clubs one way or the other. My books will never in a million years be picked up for one of their pamphlets so I have the luxury of not caring. On one hand...
View ArticleRelease Me
Mercury went direct last week (but don't get too happy cause knowing Mercury it will be all screwed up again ASAP) and this Saturday, the moon will be in Libra's 7th house while Jupiter aligns with...
View ArticleJealousy
The one thing that kind of sucks about "being a writer" (putting that in scare quotes so you don't puke-- secret "writer" trick!) is that once you make your first writing dollar you start to get...
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Riding in Vans With Lesbians
Ariel Levy's article in this week's New Yorker regarding a nomadic band of badass van-driving separatist 70's lesbians known as the Van Dykes was great by any measure, but it almost made me cry. Why?...
View ArticleWhat is Art?
I always return to the music of Lucille Cataldo when I need to be reminded of why I bother.
View ArticleIsn't Not Funny
Does this mean there might be a market for SLAVE TO YOUR LOVIN: The Tami Akbar Story? I've had my original screenplay sitting in a drawer for so long I'd given up hope...
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Cracking Up
I guess the rumor of my crack-up has spread because a friend just sent me a copy of THE CRACK-UP, the posthumous document of F. Scott Fitzgerald's total meltdown. I'm pretty sure F. never had to exile...
View ArticleReading Thursday
Hey unemployed people and children! I'm reading this week from The Blonde of the Joke (due out in September) as part of the NYC Teen Author Festival.Also reading will be David Levithan, Lauren...
View ArticleWhat We Talk About When We Talk About the Grifter
Everyone around here is predictably obsessed with Doree Shafrir's HIPSTER GRIFTER investigation in the Observer. It's the usual story-- comelyish tatttooed jezebel flees Utah/the long arm of the law...
View ArticleDressed for Success
Great news! Roxette has recovered from brain cancer and is reuniting. If you are unfamiliar with these amazing Swedes you're either way younger or way older than I am. JOYRIDE was the #1 jam of my...
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Once More Into the Bleach
So I think I'm going to be switching this blog over to Tumblr soon, but in the meantime here's the new official cover for The Blonde of the Joke, for those who haven't seen it yet. The new one is obvs...
View Articlebobberens: When I used to go on righteous tirades about what an insufferable,...
bobberens: When I used to go on righteous tirades about what an insufferable, cretinous slimetrail Andy Cohen is, I was convinced I was impressing everyone around me by daring to say what THEY REALLY...
View ArticleSo where are these great sugar daddies who will give you money,...
So where are these great sugar daddies who will give you money, pick you up in fancy cars and serve you your whiskey neat without demanding any lovin in return????
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via annaholmes: One of the most depressing passages in Tad...
via annaholmes: One of the most depressing passages in Tad Friend’s New Yorker piece (on female actresses and Hollywood comedies). Just wow. Now I know why everyone is always accusing me of writing...
View ArticleMe and Kurt, a Secret History
For years I have offered up as a fun piece of trivia the fact that my thirteenth birthday party was held on the same day that Kurt Cobain died. It has always seemed somehow significant that I became an...
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